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# awl

«awl» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (awls)

### meaning for a pupil

An awl is a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in leather, wood or cloth, for example when sewing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/awl/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it is the tool used to pierce the ear of a servant who chooses to stay with his master instead of going free in the seventh year. Interpretation: Tradition says the ear is pierced because it heard at Sinai that Israelites are God's servants, yet this man chose a human master. It teaches that freedom is a gift to value. In the primary lessons: in old tales a craftsman's or animal's tool for piercing leather.

### examples

- then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever. (Torah DEU.15.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/awl/#x1)
- then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. (Torah EXO.21.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/awl/#x2)
- He took an awl and heated it red-hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/awl/#x3)
- Mother badger pierced the buckskin with her sharp awl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/awl/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «awl» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/awl/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.